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Before you throw out those old, broken, or dull bandsaw blades, go "Green".      Take that old blade and make strips about a foot or so long.   When [...]

I had some scrap wood around the shop,  a couple 2xs from a pallet, some pine and Poplar slats, and a "need' to make a quilt rack.    I turned two end posts from one [...]

 At least that’s the way I do them.     I cut the tenons first, and then use them to layout the locations on the mortises.   Once I’ve mark where they will be,  I use a Marking guage [...]

 Another table style i like to make, this one a Shaker Style table.    About 24"x 24" top, a small, simple drawer, and some hand tapered legs.  The drawer does [...]

At least it looka like it is floating.    Just some pine for this little table.    The front apron has a drawer front that matches the grain of the apron.  [...]

Yep.   I had three pieces from an old water bed frame out in the garage.    Since i rent the place, I have no idea how old this bed was.    It wasthere in [...]

When I need tapered legs for the tables I make, I don't set up the tablesaw.     All I have to do is mark the lay-out lines on the leg blank, clamp the blank in a vise, [...]

Every now and then, I get a board or two.     No real project for just a single board.     I usuallyjust make a shelf , fancy or not, depending on both the [...]

I had a small. portable 10" tablesaw. like you might see at a job-site.     During one of several moves from place to place, it's "stock" fence was [...]

I had some of that old floor board pine left over, plus some 2×6 stock from a beam.    Neighbor wanted a bench for his porch.   Hmm..    Happened to [...]

 In that woodshop of mine, there is a small metal toolbox.    Older than I am, I think it’s a “Kennedy”.    In this toolbox, there are quite a few old tools, mostly from the [...]

A look into my hand tool world, just some of what I work with: about as basic as a hammer, chisel, and a plane Stanley block plane#110 See how many you can name here Marking gauge, an old one …